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Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas (CECS) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Architect and Urban Planner (2005), Master (2008) and PhD (2013) from Politecnico di Torino (Italy) via the Technological Innovation Program with a double doctorate degree as PhD in Design at the University of Sao Paulo. She is an Associate Professor at the Center for Engineering, Modelling and Applied Social Sciences at the Federal University of ABC. She was an active military officer of the Brazilian Navy as part of the Corp of Naval Engineers. She was a researcher at the Computational Mechanics Laboratory of the USP Polytechnic School. She taught courses on Bio-Inspired Design and Prototyping at UNESP (Bauru), Politecnico di Torino (Italy), Università di Bologna (Italy), Silesian University of Technology (Poland), Riga Technical University (Latvia) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM in Freiburg (Germany). She is the principal investigator/leader of the 4D Printing and Biomimetics (4DB) research group in the CNPq directory and collaborates with interdisciplinary research groups abroad. She is fluent in Portuguese / English / Italian and communicates in French / Spanish / German. Since 2001, she has exhibited interactive art, kinetic installations and prototypes in Brazil and the European Union, with institutional support and industry sponsorships. Since 2002, she has researched the interdisciplinary field of Bioinspired Engineering, seeking technological innovations inspired by solutions and strategies presented by biological structures and their functions. She is interested in the following subjects: biomimetics, bioinspired engineering, prototyping, 4D printing, active origami, dynamic behaviour, lightweight structures, structural design, nuclear facilities, soft robotics and programmable materials. (Source: Lattes Curriculum) (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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This interdisciplinary research combines materials science, bioinspired design, and additive manufacturing to develop programmable and printable nanocellulose-based composites with the potential to shape-morphing in response to changes in humidity and temperature. In this project, thermoresponsive double-network hydrogel inks of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) and sodium alginate, re…
This research project seeks, through a biomimetic and interdisciplinary approach, to study the structural potential of bioinspired composites given the design and manufacture of advanced materials, with a focus on evaluating the feasibility of their biomedical application for the optimization of prostheses. The objective is, therefore, to collaborate in meeting the growing demand for ligh…
The sequential actuation control, or folding in the case of origami-inspired mechanisms, is an essential feature to achieve more complex geometries avoiding a self-collision between parts during assembly. It also allows motion programming in its structure and material. Electronic controllers and smart materials can be employed in this case allowing autonomous action and, in the case of sm…
Biomimicry assumes that observing and studying nature's processes, shapes, designs, and methods and adapting them to human inventions is a viable solution for solving problems and developing techniques capable of promoting human survival in harmony with nature. This concept is studied at three levels of application: shape - imitation of the natural physical shape; process - inspiration in…
This interdisciplinary research utilizes biomimetics and computer modeling for the development of a bioinspired hydrogel nanocomposite, aiming to provide the basis for its 4D printing and application in the removal of microplastics from drinking water, the largest source of human intake of plastic particles. Conventional water treatments are ineffective for the filtration of microplastics…
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The folding sequence control of origami-based mechanisms can be achieved with modular bi-stable origami-inspired mechanisms, as demonstrated in some examples of crawling soft robots and millipede types. Despite the large interest in this field, the principal bi-stable patterns rely on just a few well-studied origami crease patterns like Muira-Ori, kresling, and Waterbomb. An algorithmic a…
Factors such as population aging and traffic accidents stand out as the main reasons for the growing interest of the scientific community in the study of bone substitutes. Despite being widely used in the clinical area, implant failures still occur and remain difficult to anticipate. In this sense, the study of the bone-implant interface emerges as a promising alternative to overcome this…
Considering the high rates of pollution associated with concrete fabrication and usage, researchers are studying and proposing alternatives that aim to be less harmful to the environment. For the production of concrete, as stated by the principles of biomimicry, one of the possibilities discovered was inspired by nature's ability to absorb and sequester carbon dioxide (CO2). In concrete, …
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